Private Finished Follow the Road that Winds

The strange movement of William's wings was a good reaction, Elizabeth assumed. She completely missed how he had closed his eyes, because she was staring at his wings until they went back to normal. It was only when he spoke that Elizabeth looked at his face again.

She loved the fact that he liked it, and she grinned with a sense of achievement. "Then please allow me to do it again in the future. Oh, but..." But her grin suddenly faded, just as quick as they'd appeared. She had reasons, after all, why she didn't use her magic often. "It's not so simple," she said. "I can do small things with mana from air or water, but to heal injuries and sickness I'd have to take life energy from another living creature, a plant or an animal, or the soil itself which is full of nutrition."

Which meant her abilities required her to kill something in order to heal.

In any case, William knew about it now, and he seemed to like what she did, so she easily found herself smiling again. "So shall we go back?"

As always, Elizabeth hung on tight around William's neck and shoulders as they flew into the air. She still felt a bit of fear from not feeling the ground against the base of her feet, but she was slowly getting used to it. And she looked more relaxed and comfortable in William's hold than she did before, and she was able to show more smile than a nervous frown.

It was also worth smiling that they could finally see the buildings from where they were. They'd gone quite far, and if not for the man they passed by a few minutes ago their situation might have gotten worse. Maybe they've had enough exploring for one day. At least she did. She didn't want to end up dragging William into strange places again. "I want to go back to the towers, please," she said softly. She briefly flashed William a sheepish smile, before turning her head to the towers' direction. "Honestly I would love to explore some more, but I might only end up getting us in a complicated situation again." She almost looked disappointed saying it. "I had fun. But resting is also good."

It felt great stepping on hard concrete once again, and Elizabeth almost jumped down and frolicked around once she and William landed. Almost. She didn't, though she couldn't help being jumpy. "Oh, we're back! Yes, that was great, truly!" It was as if she had been washed off of her worries from beneath the trees, and had brightened just as much as the beautiful sky.

Speaking of which, Elizabeth stilled seeing the sun in the western horizon. It wasn't sunset just yet, but it sure was much lower than it was when they left. Its light when hitting all kinds of surfaces seemed more like orange than bright yellow or white now. It was no longer irritatingly hot; just warm in a comfortable way along with the soft breeze.

Elizabeth was leaning over the railing to watch the skies, but turned to William not long after. "We'll have our chance," she told him so positively that she almost sounded certain. "Let's do something like this again next time, William! Please? Of course we should get rid of the 'getting lost' part of the trip, I promise I won't be as much of a handful next time!"